On one hand, anger can be a natural and healthy emotional response to certain situations, such as when we feel threatened or perceive an injustice. In such cases, anger can serve as a catalyst for change and motivate us to take action to improve our situation. When anger is acknowledged and expressed appropriately, it can be a valuable tool for personal growth and development.

On the other hand, uncontrolled and chronic anger can have negative effects on mental growth. When we constantly feel angry, it can lead to stress, anxiety, and even depression. This can impair our ability to think clearly, make good decisions, and form healthy relationships. Chronic anger can also cause physical health problems, such as high blood pressure and heart disease.

Furthermore, when anger is not managed properly and expressed in unhealthy ways, such as through aggression or violence, it can lead to social and legal consequences, which can negatively impact mental growth and development.

Overall, the impact of anger on mental growth depends on how it is managed and expressed. When anger is expressed appropriately and constructively, it can be a valuable tool for personal growth and development. However, uncontrolled and chronic anger can have negative effects on mental and physical health, as well as relationships and social functioning.

CBT stands for ‘Cognitive Behavioral Therapy’ and is essentially a set of tools used for psychotherapeutic interventions when treating anxiety disorders and other psychological conditions. This also happens to be the preferred method of therapy among most health institutions today.

The best bit? As well as being highly effective and proven in countless studies, CBT is also very simple to teach and can even be explained ‘remotely’. Here we will take a look at what CBT entails, why it’s so powerful and why it’s very much worth learning.

How CBT Works
CBT is essentially the natural evolution from behaviorism. Behaviorism is a school of psychology that views all of our behaviors and beliefs as being learned responses that have been trained via conditioning. Behaviors that have been rewarded become reinforced and we perform them more often. Behaviors that have been punished become less common.

CBT takes this principle and adds an additional cognitive element – showing that we can actually reinforce a behaviour through the way we think. If we have anxious thoughts about an action for instance, then we can find ourselves actually enforcing that association to the point of even developing a phobia. We don’t actually have to experience anything bad – our belief and predictions alone are enough to create the association!

The same can also work in reverse though and if you logically break down your fears, explain to yourself why you shouldn’t be afraid of them then eventually you can completely remove those phobias.

An Example So how might this work?
A good example is a social phobia, which can be created through the maladaptive belief that you’re going to embarrass yourself, that you’re going to faint or that perhaps you’re in some kind of danger. It is your job then to remove this association through CBT using techniques such as ‘thought challenge’. Thought challenging involves assessing just how realistic a fear is in a logical way and often you’ll be able to disprove your own fears to yourself.

You can then formulate these new thoughts as positive affirmations and actually talk yourself up before big events. Eventually, this can be enough to complete remove the phobia or anxiety – and it’s something that anyone can practice alone at home!

At the foundation, your ability to reach your goals and get what you want out of life is your mindset. Your mindset plays a significant role in how you approach going after your goals and in how you move past failure. To achieve success, it is necessary that you have the right mindset, strategy, and approach. If you continue to fail in achieving your goals, you may need to change your mindset.

Changing your mindset to help you achieve your goals isn’t as hard as you may think. Training your mind to perform in a way which promotes and fosters success can dramatically improve your life. Even if you tend to think positively towards achieving your goals, it is your thought patterns when things get difficult that have a negative impact on your results. No matter what your goals are, whether you’re looking to get a promotion at work, start a new business, or buy a new car, the following strategies for changing your mindset can be implemented in your life and start you on the path of success.

Tune into Your Mind

Your subconscious mind is very powerful and could be what is holding you back from being successful. You may not realize that a majority of your behaviors is controlled by your subconscious mind. In fact, 90 percent of your actions are controlled by your subconscious mind, leaving just 10 percent to interact consciously with the world around you. The problem with this is that after years of ‘programming’ our brains can become our most prominent opponent when it comes to achieving our goals. Our subconscious minds are at work 24/7, and can’t tell the difference between reality and fantasy, making it an enormously influential tool on your path to success. Our conscious minds are responsible for identifying various information and making the best decisions based on what is currently relevant in your life. Subsequently, these decisions affect your subconscious.